Top-frame for automobiles.



Patented Feb. 1s, ,1919

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JACOB KRAUSS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOP-FRAME FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed December 18, 1917.

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lle. it known that l. ,licon lfuiilss. a citizen ol" the United States. and a resident et `leveland. in the county ot Cuyahoga and State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Top-Frames for .1\utomobiles; andal do hereby declare the followingv to be a iull, clear, and exact description of the inventimi, such as will en# able others skilled in the art to which it apperiains to make and use the same.

,lhis invention relates to improvements in top trames for anton'1 biles.-the object ot' the invention being; to provide a simple and eliicienl; collapsible or knockdown top frame which may be quickly assembled and applied to the body ot' an automobile and which may be readily taken apart and compactly packed for storage.

lilith this and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hm'einafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying' drawings: Figure 1 is a View showing the application ot' my i improvements to an automobile body; Fig. 2

is a plan View ot' the top frame, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, l, 7 and S are i'iews illustrating Various details of construction.

1 represents the body ot an automobile and 2 my improved frame applied thereto. This Jframe comprises rear end posts 3, each ot which is made in sections hinged together by rule-joint connections, as indicated at 4. Each end post 3 is provided at its lower end with a clamp 5 to facilitate the attachment ot' the same to the body 1, and each post 3 is provided at or near its upper end with a hook-shaped socket 5, The top frame 2 also comprises side rails (l, each otl which comprises a plu 'ality ot' sections ot' wood or any other suitable material, connected by hinge? 7 0l" the rule-joint type. In order to insure proper rigidity ol the sido rails and prevent accidental collapsing of the same, latches 8 may be employed. each o'l' said latches beiner pivoted to the inner face of one side rail section and en,f ,fagingVv a pin 9 on the adjacent sec ion.

The rear sections ot' the side rails have secured therelo metal clips l() from which l1ool:-shaped lugs 11 project to enter the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1S, 1919.

Serial No. 207,688.

sockets 5 posts 3.

The. side rails l are connected at intervals by cross rails 12 each comprising at least two sections connected by a rule-joint hinge 1?. llaeh ot' these cross rails 12 may be made ot' wood or other suitable material and has se cured to respective ends, hooks 14 which may be made ot' 'flat metal bent to form an angle and adapted to engage metal loops 15 secured to thel inner faces ot' the side rails. The, cross rail 1G at the rear end ot the frame may be made in a single piecel secured at its ends to the end 4posts 25 and foldable with said end posts. The end posts 3 and rear cross rail 1G constitutes an end frame to which rear end curtains 17 may be attached. rl`he side rails (l and cross rails 12 constitute supporting means for side and root curtains, not Shown.

The forward ends of the side rails (l are? supported by the trame ot' the wind shield. 18,-said -t'rame comprisingr posts 1l) having tenons 2() at their upper ends to enter sockets in a cross rail 21,-the. parts being' held firmly together by means of set screws 22. The cross rail 21 is provided at its respective ends With tenons to enter sockets 24 located in the side rails l rearwardly et' the forward cross rail 12.

My improvements provide a top frame which is simple and substantial in construction; which can he quickly assembled, and which can be readily collapsed and folded into small space.

Slight changes might be made in the details ot construction ot my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting' its scope and hence l do not wish to restrict myself to the -precise details herein set forth.

Haring fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:-

1. A top trame comprising' end posts made in .sections hinged together, the upper sections harinaV sockets, sectional side rails, hook-strained lugs carried by said side'rails and adapted to enter the sockets ot' the end posts, collapsible cross rails, hooks at the ends of said cross rails, and loops on the side` rails to receive. .said hooks.

2. A top frame coniprisinggir side rails, rear at the yupper ends o'tl the end end posts, means cnlovaby comwcng tho sido mils with ho lezu and postsa a wind shield frame comprising postslmvng onons and u cross l'z'll having sockets to receive Suid tenons, and *o-nous on the ends of sgd clos ruil of the Wind shield frame, said sido rails having sockets to receive said lust-111GB tonod tenons.

n testimony whereof bzw@ Signed this speclcatlon 1n 'the pfesonce of two subs@ lbl@ 111g Wlnesses.

JCGB KRAUSS HUK,

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